Large mesozoic mammals fed on young dinosaurs

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7022, 2005, Pages 149-152

  Hu, Yaoming ^a,b,c   Meng, Jin ^b   Wang, Yuanqing ^a   Li, Chuankui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SPEECH;

DINOSAURS; MESOZOIC MAMMALS; SKELETONS; TRICONODONT MAMMALS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARNIVORE; DINOSAUR; MAMMAL; MESOZOIC; NEW SPECIES; SKELETON;

ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHINA; DIET; DINOSAURS; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; JAW; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKELETON; SKULL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPSIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12744271902     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03102     Document Type: Article

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